74 applicants

Company

LaunchDarkly · 12 hours ago

Backend Engineer, AI

Hybrid - US

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

$147K/yr - $204K/yr

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Responsibilities

Build and expand our feature management products and APIs, written in Go, with a focus on AI

Collaborate with frontend engineers to deliver user-facing features

Monitor and improve server-side performance

Write unit, integration, and load tests as necessary

Actively participate in code reviews

Write and review technical proposals

Improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes

Qualification

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JavaScalaRubyPythonGoRESTful APIsGenAI featuresLarge Language ModelsOpenAIGoogle Cloud AIAWS BedrockPrompt engineeringFine-tuning modelsDistributed systemsConcurrencyThreadingCollaboration with Product teamsCollaboration with Design teamsCode maintainabilityHigh code qualityAutomated testing

Required

Extensive experience with server-side programming languages (e.g. in Java / Scala, Ruby, Python, Go)

Proficient in designing, implementing, and maintaining RESTful APIs

Hands-on experience building GenAI features or working with Large Language Models (LLMs), either through direct model integration or leveraging AI APIs like OpenAI, Google Cloud AI, or AWS Bedrock.

Understanding of prompt engineering, fine-tuning models, or deploying AI services in production environments.

Familiarity with computer science fundamentals such as data structures, distributed systems, concurrency, and threading

Comfortable navigating ambiguous challenges in a rapidly evolving domain

Passionate about learning new technologies and staying at the forefront of AI advancements

Strong sense of ownership and accountability for delivering impactful solutions

Proven ability to work closely with Product and Design teams to define requirements for new features in a fast-paced iterative environment.

You write code that can be easily understood by others, with an eye towards maintainability

You hold yourself and others to a high bar when working with production systems

You value high code quality, automated testing, and other engineering best practices

Benefits

Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)

Health, vision, and dental insurance

Mental health benefits

Company

LaunchDarkly

Glassdoor

3.5

LaunchDarkly is a feature management platform that allows software development teams to deliver to their customers.

Founded in 2014

Oakland, California, USA

501-1000 employees

https://launchdarkly.com/

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